Is this spam or legit? (re: IFR magazine)

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I received this in an email:
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Password Reset​

Dear valued subscriber,

We're excited to announce that we've made significant upgrades to IFR-Magazine.com to enrich your experience, and as part of these enhancements, we're requesting all users to securely reset their passwords using this link. Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter, and for your continued support and trust in us.

Warm regards,

The IFR Magazine Team
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 "Dear valued subscriber", "Warm Regards," and "The IFR Magazine Team" and an embedded link to get your password sounds like a lot of spam emails
But the return address looks legit.
 
My quick guess is phishing. NEVER click on a link in an email to provide any confidential information. You should always go direct to the website. Hover over the link and you'll see the address does not have IFR-Magazine.com in the web address.
 
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Wow, that’s pretty specific. Instead of phishing in an ocean, they picked a neighborhood pond. How many IR pilots get the mag even? I’d worry about someone knowing what they already know about you.
 
If you look at this page, it looks like they just made a change that screwed up subscriptions. So this MIGHT be a legit email. Having said that, I'd make a password change by going directly to the website vs a link in the email.

https://www.ifr-magazine.com/full-issue/download-the-full-november-2023-issue-pdf/

See the comments at the bottom of the page, it looks like there's a raft of issues related to subscriptions that started a couple days ago.
 
Hang 4 said:
If you look at this page, it looks like they just made a change that screwed up subscriptions. So this MIGHT be a legit email. Having said that, I'd make a password change by going directly to the website vs a link in the email.

https://www.ifr-magazine.com/full-issue/download-the-full-november-2023-issue-pdf/

See the comments at the bottom of the page, it looks like there's a raft of issues related to subscriptions that started a couple days ago.
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That is what I did, and it looked like a password change was required, so I used the web interface to successfully change the password.

But then when I tried to log in using my new password, it failed. Either I screwed something up or this is a sophisticated scam.
 
Hang 4 said:
My quick guess is phishing. NEVER click on a link in an email to provide any confidential information. You should always go direct to the website. Hover over the link and you'll see the address does not have IFR-Magazine.com in the web address.
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This is what I see when I hover over the"from" field: (It looks legit)
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I hate when legitimate companies send us emails with a link to click to take some kind of action. So many years of internet security training has told us not to do exactly that.
 
JOhnH said:
That is what I did, and it looked like a password change was required, so I used the web interface to successfully change the password.

But then when I tried to log in using my new password, it failed. Either I screwed something up or this is a sophisticated scam.
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You're not the only one having the issue of not being able to log in, note the comments in the page I linked to before. They made some sort of change recently tied to them being part of Flying Mag that messed things up.
 
Hang 4 said:
I was referring to the link in the email that they want you to use to change the password.
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Reminds me, I need to subscribe to that magazine. I always go to the main site when these types of emails come. A few extra steps is worth it to me.
 
So, what's the consensus? Legitimate, but screwed up technically?

I found this thread after trying to login on the website (www.ifr-magazine.com). Something isn't right there, but it doesn't look like phishing to me.

- Martin
 
Martin Pauly said:
So, what's the consensus? Legitimate, but screwed up technically?

I found this thread after trying to login on the website (www.ifr-magazine.com). Something isn't right there, but it doesn't look like phishing to me.

- Martin
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I started the thread, and I think it is legitimate, but handled really really badly. "Warm Regards" and "The IFR magazine team"? Who says that besides spammers for whom English is a second language?
 
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FWIW, I subscribe and have a login to the website, but did not receive that email.

I went to the website, and it requested I reset my password before I could login, so it appears they did actually nuke their password list or something.
 
JOhnH said:
This is what I see when I hover over the"from" field: (It looks legit)
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You can’t trust the from field on any email. I frequently get email from myself telling me that they’ve been recording my porn habits with my camera.
Sadly, there are some bad news that you are about to hear.
About few months ago I have gained a full access to all devices used by you for internet browsing.
Shortly after, I started recording all internet activities done by you.
(I don’t have a camera on this computer.)

I got a few today including one telling me to change my password on my AMEX
 
Martin Pauly said:
So, what's the consensus? Legitimate, but screwed up technically?

I found this thread after trying to login on the website (www.ifr-magazine.com). Something isn't right there, but it doesn't look like phishing to me.
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Simple solution: Wait a few days, then visit the website on your own to update your password rather than clicking the link in the email. If it's spam, avoiding the link avoids the phishing attack. If the entire site was hacked, it should come to light after a few days.
 
JOhnH said:
I received this in an email:
mail
​
 

Password Reset​

Dear valued subscriber,

We're excited to announce that we've made significant upgrades to IFR-Magazine.com to enrich your experience, and as part of these enhancements, we're requesting all users to securely reset their passwords using this link. Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter, and for your continued support and trust in us.

Warm regards,

The IFR Magazine Team
​
 "Dear valued subscriber", "Warm Regards," and "The IFR Magazine Team" and an embedded link to get your password sounds like a lot of spam emails
But the return address looks legit.
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I was suspicious at first, but I think it is legitimate. The link takes you to flyingmedia.dragonforms.com. I declined to use that site, so I went directly to ifr-magazine.com and initiated a password change. It sent me an email. Clicking on that email took me to the same flyingmedia.dragonforms.com. I have no idea what dragonforms.com is. If this is legitimate, it is an extremely poor practice by IFR-magazine. If their IT people approved this, they should be fired.
 
sarangan said:
I was suspicious at first, but I think it is legitimate. The link takes you to flyingmedia.dragonforms.com. I declined to use that site, so I went directly to ifr-magazine.com and initiated a password change. It sent me an email. Clicking on that email took me to the same flyingmedia.dragonforms.com. I have no idea what dragonforms.com is. If this is legitimate, it is an extremely poor practice by IFR-magazine. If their IT people approved this, they should be fired.
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Well, Flying Media acquired IFR and others, so I’m chalking this up to a “ change we think you‘ll like.” Can’t wait for the FUBAR on Kitplanes next.
 
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